A Liberal cabinet minister says he will meet with now-independent MP Han Dong in the coming weeks in order to evaluate his potential return to the party caucus. “I’m still going through the process. It’s something the prime minister asked me to do (and) I want to do it properly,” Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc…

Federal Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc says that Ottawa is aware of affordability “concerns” surrounding the Liberal government’s recently introduced Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) and that the government is seeking ways to address them. “We did hear from the premiers but we also hear from Atlantic Canadians [about] concerns around affordability,” Mr. LeBlanc told…

The federal government remains undecided on its proposed process for launching some form of a public inquiry into allegations of foreign interference in elections, with Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc saying cabinet is “not there yet” and needs to hold further talks on the matter with opposition party leaders. “We have made significant progress,” Mr….

The federal government has introduced new measures to protect against potential foreign interference in several byelections being held between June 19 and June 24, according to Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc. Voters will head to the polls on June 19 for byelections in the Quebec riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount, the riding of Oxford in southern Ontario, the…

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says he is confident he can work with newly re-elected Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her United Conservative Party (UCP) on points of disagreement regarding some of Ottawa’s climate policies centred on reaching net-zero national emissions by 2050. “I’m confident that we will be able to work our differences out with them,”…

The sister-in-law of a Liberal cabinet minister has stepped down as the interim ethics commissioner a day after a House of Commons committee agreed to investigate her appointment. Martine Richard, who has worked in the commissioner’s office as a lawyer since 2013, took over the top job last month for a six-month stint. Richard is…

A Conservative MP is questioning whether Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc recused himself prior to cabinet voting in favour of appointing his sister-in-law as the interim federal ethics commissioner. “The supposed recusal of confirmed ethics lawbreaking Minister from the decision to appoint his sister in-law as the ethics commissioner was made AFTER the decision to appoint…

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he wasn’t involved in the decision to appoint his sister-in-law as the interim ethics commissioner amid criticism from opposition parties that cabinet showed unethical favouritism in choosing her for the role. “In order to avoid any opportunity to provide preferential treatment or to further the private interest of my relative,…